In case you haven't heard, a photo of Escobar surfaced from Saturday's Blue Jays game wearing eye black that had an inflammatory statement written on it. Toronto was idle on Monday, and Escobar has been suspended for the team's next three games, taking place this week in New York.

During a press conference after the statement was announced, Escobar said the phrase was intended as a joke and he meant no disrespect towards anyone. Escobar also said that the incident would never happen again.

Blue Jays manager John Farrell said that he didn't think anything of the phrasing at first because of how frequently Escobar writes something underneath his eyeblack, and didn't realize it was a slur until he was later informed.